2017/18 Edson and Area Visitors Guide 2017 Visitor Guide electronic | Page 6

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EDSON TO:
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88 km
Hinton
105 km
Whitecourt
162 km
Jasper
202 km
Edmonton
Grande Cache 233 km
Grande Prairie 382 km
452 km
Banff
495 km
Calgary
Fort McMurray 632 km
High Level
Fort McMurray
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High
Prairie
Grande
Prairie
Grande
Cache
Edson is a thriving community in the heart of
Yellowhead County that has much to offer
residents and visitors alike.
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Athabasca
63
Whitecourt
40
Hinton
Jasper
43
Edmonton
16
47
EDSON
16
Cadomin
22
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Red Deer
Lake Louise
Banff
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The Town of Edson (population 8148 - 2016
census) is located in the McLeod River Valley,
immediately east of the Canadian Rockies
foothills at an elevation of 925 m (3035 ft) —
near the center of Yellowhead County
(population 10995).
The landscape consists of primarily boreal
forest with sand hills and muskeg (low-lying
bog).
Wildlife native to the area include bear,
moose, deer, wolf, fox, rabbit and a wide
variety of avian and aquatic life.
Slave Lake
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Located almost exactly between the world-
class destinations of Jasper National Park and
the City of Edmonton, Edson is a natural, and
welcome, stopping point for travellers and a
retail destination for many surrounding
communities.
Calgary
Brooks
Twinned Highway 16 (the Yellowhead
Highway) runs through Edson and
Yellowhead County from east to west. The
highest point on the Yellowhead — Obed
— is between Edson and Hinton and has an
elevation of 1 163.9 m (3818.88 ft).
The historic Coal Branch can be reached
from Edson via Highway 47 to the south.
Highway 32 connects Edson and Whitecourt
to the north.
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Lethbridge
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Medicine
Hat
Photograph by Lauren Rafael Mendoza